How to pronounce sums in American English
“sums” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to sums the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“sums” in real sentences — American speakers
251 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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sums up our relationship.
US Fish & Wildlife Service
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Handelsman: That sums it up.
The Obama White House
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extorting huge sums of money.
State Department
Words that sound like “sums”
Words one sound away from sums — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “sums”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of sums. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.